Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft DirectX

Product categories

2D Game Engine 3D Game Engine Game Development Game Engine

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Microsoft DirectX are Vulkan, SFML, and raylib. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Vulkan Landing Page
1

Vulkan

Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine
SFML Landing Page
2

SFML

SFML provides a simple interface to the various components of your PC, to ease the development of games and multimedia applications. It is composed of five modules: system, window, graphics, audio and network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 1 social mentions
raylib Landing Page
3

raylib

Cross-platform, open-source game development library in C.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 6 social mentions
GLFW Landing Page
4

GLFW

GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan development on the...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 1 social mentions
PyOpenGL Landing Page
5

PyOpenGL

Python bindings for OpenGL API.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine
LibGDX Landing Page
6

LibGDX

Libgdx is a Java game development framework that provides a unified API that works across all...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 6 social mentions
Godot Engine Landing Page
7

Godot Engine

Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 446 social mentions
Crystal Space Landing Page
8

Crystal Space

Crystal Space is a mature, full-featured Software Development Kit (SDK) providing real-time 3D...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine
Unity Landing Page
9

Unity

The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions
CryENGINE Landing Page
10

CryENGINE

The most powerful game development platform is now available to everyone. Full engine source code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine
GDevelop Landing Page
11

GDevelop

GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 75 social mentions
MonoGame Landing Page
12

MonoGame

MonoGame is an open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 2 social mentions